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Today marks the 5 year anniversary of the full implementation of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Repeal of the law closed a dark and discriminatory chapter of American history that required gay, lesbian, and bisexual servicemembers...Show More Summary

Via press release from the Democratic National Committee: “In the five years since Congress repealed the discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, we’ve made great strides in expanding and protecting the rights of the LGBT community in the United States, but we still have further to go. Show More Summary

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Today marks the five-year anniversary of the official end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) — the archaic and deeply discriminatory law that barred gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from serving openly in the military. Show More Summary

Previous Family Research Council prayers of the day have asked God to stop the repeal of DADT, stop the repeal of DOMA, stop same-sex marriage, stop transgender rights, and protect Christians who kidnap the children of gay parents. Considering...Show More Summary

By Petty Officer 2nd Class Connie Terrell – Despite the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) in 2011, and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 2013, total equality for the LGBT community is still a work in progress. One of the ways...Show More Summary

The U.S. Navy Secretary is urging sailors and marines discharged under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to formally appeal those decisions and have their records changed, the Navy Times reports: “If you were… Read
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This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post.
For 17 years, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) prohibited qualified gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from serving in the Armed Forces and sent a message that discrimination was acceptable. Show More Summary

For 17 years, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) prohibited qualified gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from serving in the Armed Forces and sent a message that discrimination was acceptable. When President Obama signed the DADT repeal bill just over five years ago, the ban was placed exactly where it belongs - in the dustbin of history. Show More Summary

Retired neurosurgeon and frontrunner for America’s first Zombie President Ben Carson has some typically regressive ideas when it comes to gays in the military. Despite the fact that DADT repeal just hit the five-year mark and the fabric of the American military hasn’t collapsed, Ben Carson still wants to check the “evidence” to ensure that the decision to let gays and [...]

A pivotal advocate for ending the military's policy known as "don't ask, don't tell" was killed in action Monday when a motorcycle bomb detonated in Bagram, Afghanistan, reports CNN.
Air Force Maj. Adrianna Vorderbruggen was one of six American service members killed in Monday's suicide attack. Show More Summary

Dr. Ben Carson, who has avoided talk of military service since it was revealed he lied about being offered a scholarship to West Point, on Saturday spoke to veterans at an Iowa town hall about women in combat, gays in the military and...Show More Summary

Alva became a national spokesperson in the fight to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) law, which prohibited qualified gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from serving openly in the armed forces.

On Monday night, Rachel Maddow interviewed Bernie Sanders and discussed his “sharp contrast” with Hillary Clinton on DOMA. It was last Friday night that Clinton, coming off her ‘best week ever’, told Rachel Maddow that both Do…
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Rachel Maddow sat down with Hillary Clinton last night for her first interview since Thursday’s Benghazi panel. It was also the first time Clinton has given an interview since VP Joe Biden got out of the race. They talked about bothShow More Summary